I need to be in love - The Carpenters by Gijs van Winkelhof (Gijspiano)

[kwixotic]

Hopefully, someday you can come to L.A. where you could play at Disney Hall. It would be a perfect venue for you and with the right publicity beforehand, you'd be guaranteed a good turnout. I for one would certainly come!

[kwixotic]

I just LOVE your 'expansive' version of this song. It brings it alive more than anyone else and inspires me to try it in this fashion.

[onetamer]

Amazing! You are very talented!

[brucew44guns]

You have a talent that is simply fantastic. Your version of this is your own, but anyone who liked the Carpenters version can't do anything but enjoy and like them both. Thanks so much, you must have practiced this a long time to be so utterly perfect.

[GuyJon57]

very, very nice.... thanks for sharing...

[volckers1]

Wow!!! Congratulations!! What a way to play that song in your piano. It is heard lije the original song.

[luuylisa]

The piano is almost the same as the original. How inspirational! Awesome

[Vloodz]

the timing is kinda off but overall i like it :)

[Solitaire001]

Excellent performance!

[monirib]

Wonderful!!

[omfgjb]

loved it, thanx

[scaper3]

one of my favourite songs.... beautifully played.

[tmg1968]

SImply marvelous!

[RaeRae914]

AMAZING

[Gustavscs]

very very good!!! =)

[Karenfan09]

52 people are either deaf or are just trying to be a**holes....Gijs, you're piano playing is heart-felt and played with so much emotion.....You are one of a kind.....Keep up the good work !!!!

[GBurdon1212]

You made my day;-)

[carton729]

Very nice..I greatly enjoyed it!! :)

[biboy96]

bravo!!!

[280553vs]

you play sooooo beautifully. thank you so much....

[amaraca]

Karen and Richard would be proud! Great performance!

[RALsyatyou]

Heel mooi!!!

Bedankt voor de prachtige muziek!!

Echt geweldig!

[willie79915]

I love this song!

[RickSibbett]

I know this piece well! As well as any Carpenter score. Karen's favorite! Magnificent! Just Magnificent! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! I can hear Karen singing along and it's beautiful!!! ... Rick Sibbett

[dyanicemarie]

gosh im so amazed... sad but release of something feeling that a long time ago i hide...

[anamaneki]

What sheet do you use?

[krizzia232323]

WOuld you mind if I sing along with this? Coz IM GONNA MAKE A COVER FOR MY MOTHER coz MOTHER's DAy is COming! XD and she Loves CARPENTERS! XD i Dont ahve enough time now to play it n the piano xD :)

[JellyGLP18]

Bravo!...it touches my heart and soul^___^

[Irland69]

A very great song from the Carpenters und you play it wonderful :-) Thank you very much for this version!!

[NostalgiaBob]

Beautiful song and so well done! Kudos.

Incidentally, "I Need To Be In Love" was Karen's favorite Carpenters track.

[lisabudin]

this is great check out lisa budin on you tube singing this song maybe they could get together ha ha lol what a great pianist keep it up music is so wondreful for the spirit !!!!

[symphonylyn09]

It was a lovely song and i was so touched when you play it when feelings am so impressed thanks for sharing you talents to us hope i can play also that song

[symphonylyn09]

So lovely song and i was so touched when you play it. Thanks for sharing your talent i wish i can play that song also. Bless you and keep it up

[sujoyaful]

What a wonderful piano player Gijs is. Hearing this tune still makes me sad and happy after so many years. I't's so sad that Karen is not with us anymore. Somehow I miss her. To me and many others her voice was simply the best. Greetings from Holland.

[Karenfan09]

Absolutely amazing !!!!!!

[karenricalda]

Eres un gran pianista, te admiro por ser joven y exitoso. te felicito. mis respetos y saludos desde Venezuela.

Atte:  Karen

[TempterMan]

Fucking amazing!

[joahnes]

perfect

[PlsB9s]

Man, u could have offered more than that! I think it was absolutely brilliant! Rendered with genuine feelings and sensitivity. Thank you for making me misty eyed Mr. Van Winkelhof.....

[archia2628]

very good

[suratat]

So cool

[khiradhose]

hmm..?

[indoedje]

netjes gijs.. kan ik niet bij je op les?

[spoonguard1989]

This rendition is absolutely fantastic, I Need to be in Love is a great song from a very so-so album.

[jackietranter]

Absolutely perfect - what a brilliant rendition of this fantastic song.

[rosemaryrnre]

Absolutely beautiful! Sang along! My favorite song of Karen! A Subscriber and 5 stars! Thank you for posting this!

[karena321]

You have done a magnificent job on the keys, playing a magnificent song. I love it! Thank you!!!!!

[voorrwerp]

mooi man!

[muskinilukun]

This is a very interesting song. Some very good chords you throw in there, I am very curious, I have to find it out.

[sheplaysajag]

Excellent job! Signed in just to give you 5 stars.

[Nash2401]

you're good, keep it up

[CooLdudeURDR]

w0w its sooo nice :) NIce one bro :)

[AEmiliusLives]

Lets all rate this 5 stars again. To undo the nasty doing of some idiotic and jealous coward who tried to boycott Gijs' amazing work!

[october267]

wow! nice

[jacquesoleil]

This is a beautiful song! Thank you Gijspiano, I always wanted to sing along with this song, it's a pitty that I have a huge french accent.. ^^

[LotusLight7]

Brilliant!

[timroseh]

What a gifted and sensitive musician Gijs is!!!

[grotekunst]

I think there's a jealous guy/girl around here.. yesterday this video had 5 stars and now it has 3, and all the comments are marked as spam! I think he/she voted one star more than ten times to put your video down. What a coward!

[ForNow22]

What's happening over here? Some jealous guy is torturing Gijs's videos. :-@ I'll report this to YouTube immedially.

[girlfromswitzerland]

sooo beautiful! (l)

[c8ndice31]

Thank you so much for uploading this, I have been trying to find an instrumental version of this song for so long so that I can record it (for my own personal collection)

Your playing was spot on. I enjoyed it :)

[dhunterhitman]

I started playing the piano not too long ago, thanks for some inspiration with your videos! Masterful performances.

[HollywoodCouch]

Wow! Major talent. 5starperformance.

[rosetruman]

Perfect, just perfect! *****

[1979Brigitte]

Maybe you can record the song 'Close to you' too! That would be nice. =)

[Mirjamuitdenhaag]

Wow beautiful!! I love this song. You are amazing, I'm proud to be from Holland too! ;)

[musicalmark1983]

Yaaaay a new of the best youtube pianist!!

[jekita0903]

amazing very beautifull your are so great

[1979marty]

That was beautiful, Gijs! The music is so nostalgic, I grew up with the Carpenter songs. I wish Karen Carpenter was here today, she had the most beautiful voice.

[eolorvida]

continue inspiring people by your renditions... ^_^

keep up the good work ^_^

[donathiamus]

lovely, as always :)

[lkstatus]

you're amazing my friend. i wish you can upload high quality mp3s so we could all listen to you play where ever you go! great job!

[patofranco54]

This was soooo beautifull

[charmtaz24]

WOW!!!

you just keep on amazing me...

i'm now a big fan...

do you have audio files for your pieces???

if you do can i please download it...

i can't get enough, i want to put it in my iPod and listen to those the whole day...

please...

thanks a lot!!!

[Iluvjohnwilliams]

Wow that was so beautiful! You are a perfect pianist. You really play with emotion. It brought back so many memories of the Carpenters.. I just decided to buy The Carpenters Gold album tomorrow. =)